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Argentina vs Venezuela
How Argentina and Venezuela compare on 34 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Argentina was higher: 77.4 years against 72.5 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Argentina was higher: $13,290 against $1,519
- Population · In 2023, Argentina was higher: 45.5 million people against 28.3 million people
- Military spending · In 2017, Venezuela was higher: 2.23% of GDP against 0.85% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Argentina was higher: 4.01 tonnes against 3.39 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023Venezuela: 72.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Venezuela: 2.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Venezuela: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017Venezuela: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Venezuela: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023Venezuela: 28.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023Venezuela: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023Venezuela: 2.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025Venezuela: 89.3% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023Venezuela: 29 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023Venezuela: 9.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Venezuela: -4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025Venezuela: 2.23% of GDP in 2017
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025Venezuela: $69 in 2017
- Armed forces personnelArgentina: 103,000 people in 2020Venezuela: 343,000 people in 2020
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022Venezuela: 0.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020Venezuela: 3.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025Venezuela: 98 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011Venezuela: 40 million TIV in 2009
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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